Science Fiction
Reading Science Fiction Politically
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYThe Science and Visionary Fiction reading group reconvenes April 15 for a new Spring season. Watch this space for coming reading selections and use the website contact page for questions and suggestions. * * * Join us this winter to read five landmark, award-winning novels, and novellas using science fiction to shine a ... Read more
Reading Science Fiction Politically – Spring 2024 Season
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYThe Science and Visionary Fiction reading group meets weekly to read and discuss science, visionary and speculative fiction that bears on politics, the environment, and the struggle for a better future for all. We focus on the concept of visionary fiction, emerging from Octavia Butler's writings and beautifully articulated ten years ago by Walidah Imarisha, ... Read more
Reading Science Fiction Politically: Diverging Futures
On-Line via Zoom You will receive Zoom link by email before the event., NYPalestine +100 editor Basma Ghalayini In Palestine +100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba, edited by Basma Ghalayini, as well as other recent books, Palestinian authors have begun to discover the power of science fiction. "Everyday life, for is a kind of dystopia." In this situation, "The real future --the actual future -- is ... Read more